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PORTO ACADEMY SUMMER SCHOOL
2021 FAUP
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03 Brief 05 Field trip 07 Geology, Biology, Architecture 08 Rocks
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On the 21st of July, we went to Vila Chã, 26 kilometres north of Porto, arriving at 13.28 pm, to found the shoreline in the high tide. We surveyed the area until 19:50 pm, when the tides were at their lowest. Pulled by the moon, the water receded 4.20 meters, exposing 80 meters of rock and sand in between tides. This large area, hard to grasp with architectural representation, is home to a wealth of biodiversity, algae, mussels, sea urchins and starfish, octopus, etc. As architects trained to build, what does this place tell us? The workshop dealt with these awkward materials, finding out what are these species, the physical substrate, the human artefacts that build upon this reality. It was an exercise in abstraction: finding out how to acknowledge the architectural existence of biodiversity. In the process, three interplaying layers were easily recognizable: geological, biological, architectural. Their interrelation was visible in scales of time and space. How to represent and exhibit this intellectual discovery?
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DANIEL DUARTE PEREIRA DIEGO INGLEZ DE SOUZA
Vila Chã, July 21st 2021, 19:58
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DIOGO FERREIRA KARTIKAI MAJITHIA
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ANDRÉ TAVARES DANIEL DUARTE PEREIRA DIEGO INGLEZ DE SOUZA DIOGO FERREIRA KARTIKAI MAJITHIA
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